{"id":6773,"date":"2009-01-30T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6773"},"modified":"2009-01-30T23:31:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T06:31:51","slug":"your-child-is-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6773\/your-child-is-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Child Is Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

My conversation with my client earlier today started off rather pleasant, really.<\/p>\n

Our talk was lighthearted – what were the plans for Superbowl Sunday, the latest buzz about work – the winter weather in Chicago and the prospects of warmer weather arriving soon – hopefully.\u00a0 It wasn’t the reason for my call, but the banter was really my attempt to put off the inevitable.\u00a0 I needed to have “the talk.”<\/p>\n

“Your child is ugly.”<\/p>\n

No segway – no transition – I just came out and said it.<\/p>\n

“Your child is ugly.”<\/p>\n

Again – silence.\u00a0 I inhaled deeply expecting the click and then the drone of the dial tone, but I could still hear the background noise of the TV on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n

“Excuse me?”\u00a0 my client asked?<\/p>\n

“Everyone thinks your child is ugly.\u00a0 Especially me.”<\/p>\n

How many times have you run into an acquaintance – maybe at the mall – where their little infant or toddler was with them in-tow.\u00a0 You’re introduced to the little one – and perhaps you are taken off guard – a little.\u00a0 Let’s face it – sometimes some people have ugly kids.\u00a0 You wouldn’t say anything out loud or to the parents – usually – you’d smile – but in the back of your mind, you think\u00a0 – “geeshh – that’s one damn ugly kid.”<\/p>\n

Okay – I really didn’t tell my client that her child was ugly – but in a round about way, I sorta did.<\/p>\n

Last year, at the end of October, I again sorta initiated the talk – it wasn’t as harsh as “your child is ugly” – more like – “your child may not have everything going for him, but at least he has a nice personality”.<\/p>\n

I’ve had my client’s listing on the market now for eleven months.\u00a0 We’d renewed once and reduced the price as well.\u00a0 Traffic came to an absolute standstill in October – miraculously, I showed it three times this week – but with no feedback.\u00a0 Just buyers starting their search – they’re testing the market.\u00a0 But time has finally run out – the listing was about to expire.<\/p>\n

Rather than continue the masquerade, I Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My conversation with my client earlier today started off rather pleasant, really. Our talk was lighthearted – what were the plans for Superbowl Sunday, the latest buzz about work – the winter weather in Chicago and the prospects of warmer weather arriving soon – hopefully.\u00a0 It wasn’t the reason for my call, but the banter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":631,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/631\/dustin-says-its-time-for-a-new-name-for-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":6773,"position":0},"title":"Dustin says, “It’s time for a New Name for ‘Blog'”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Indeed! 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